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Bluebell Railway
Preservation Society

Twinned with the Museumstoomtram Hoorn-Medemblik

Steam Trains daily

Our 100% steam-hauled service runs daily until 7th November. See the Timetable on our Visitors' web pages for full details.

East Grinstead Station Open Weekend	Pullman Dining and Victorian Picnics	Save £s on your visit! Give £s to our appeal!
Sat 4 & Sun 5 September 2010 The Bluebell Railway is pleased to announce the opening of our new station platform at East Grinstead and our first train rides south over Hill Place viaduct to Imberhorne North (the northern end of the waste filled cutting). A special train service will operate every hour from 10.10am until 5.10pm consisting of our preserved 4VEP unit number 3417 "Gordon Pettitt" hauled by a class 73 locomotive. A formal opening of the platform will take place upon the first train's arrival back at the platform at 10:45 on the Saturday. Full details and Advance booking for the inaugural train.	Our "Golden Arrow" Pullman Dining Train runs most Saturday evenings and Sunday lunchtimes. Book now on 01825 720801 for fine dining in the ultimate 1920s surroundings. Victorian Picnic with Music Hall entertainment, and Victorian train travel Sat 11 & Sun 12 September Advance booking is essential - phone 01825 720800.	Book your Bluebell Bonus tickets at least 8 days in advance of travel and save 20% on our standard fares - please telephone 01825 720800 - Further details available here. Help us reach East Grinstead To celebrate 50 years of Bluebell Progress, the Railway has launched its 50th Anniversary Appeal - please make a donation. US donors can use our 510(C)(3) affiliation with The American Fund for Charities

For Children up to 8 we have the Stepney Club. The 9F Club allows older children to get more involved behind the scenes at the railway.
Details of how we assist with School Visits to the railway - projects can contribute towards Key Stages 1 & 2 of the National Curriculum.

On this web site you can find Visitor Information, and details of the Timetable for the UK's only all-steam railway. In addition to scheduled passenger trains, there is also the Golden Arrow Pullman Train on which you can experience the ultimate "meal out", our Family Fun/English Summer Fair weekends in June, and in the run up to Christmas each year, the very popular Santa Specials where the children receive presents from Father Christmas, and a full programme of other Special Events. The web site contains much more that just this, though.

The unusual combination of a GWR "Dukedog" and an SR "West Country" depart northwards from Horsted Keynes station at the 2005 "Giants of Steam" gala. (Photo: Andrew Strongitharm)
To view larger versions of most of the pictures on this site, just click on them.

Why not take a tour of this web site:

• Information on how to get to the Railway;
• Full details of catering arrangements, both on the trains and at the stations;
• Information for disabled visitors;
• You can order items from our shop by mail order;
• Contact information, phone numbers and addresses; and Who's Who, including Photos of Bluebell Railway Staff
• Details of the benefits of membership, and opportunities to join in the running of the railway as a volunteer;
• For younger members there is The Stepney Club and the 9F Club.
• All the latest news from the Bluebell.
• Information about our historic collections of Locomotives and Carriages and Wagons, with photos of most items of stock;
• Comprehensive details of the Signalling and Signal Boxes;
• The Fund-raising Football Competition;
• Pages detailing the History of the Bluebell Line.
• Pages describing the role of the Bluebell Railway in Carlton's TV film of "The Railway Children", and the rolling stock used in the film.
• The Bluebell Railway Trust (Registered Charity No.292497) and the Museum.
• Other pages, with information about the stations, extensions to the current line, accommodation locally, and other general background material;
• Links to related pages, plus a Search Engine to help you find whatever you are looking for on the Bluebell web site or elsewhere on the Internet.

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Please email the web site editor, Richard Salmon, with any comments or suggestions about format or content.

External links are provided in good faith, but the Bluebell Railway cannot be held responsible for the content to be found on other web sites.

Out of principle I do not normally use restrictive features such as frames, tables, Java, or coloured text, since these go against the original and laudable concept of html as a user-formatted document language. This also makes for far faster down-loads. Pages can also be viewed and navigated acceptably with images turned off, although the colour-coded timetable is useful! One little bit of Javascript is included in this page to escape from being locked into someone else's frame, but if your browser doesn't support this, it should not be affected, and frames provide a very simple mechanism for the 360 degree view of the Golden Arrow carriages' interiors.

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All the decent artwork (i.e. that not done by the webmaster!) is by Matthew Cousins GRA, to whom many thanks.
Thanks are also due to Lewis Nodes, Tim Baker, Tony Hillman, Peter Richards, Martin Nichols, Malcolm Roe, John and Robin Elliott, Peter Churchman, Graham Townsend, Mike Watts, Mark Smith, Roger Williams, Martin Lock, Michael Taylor, David Rider, Julian Best, Steve Gostelow, Geoffrey Snow, Jim Turtle, Roy Watts, Nigel Longdon, Kate Saker, Paul Sturm, Katsumi Suzuki, Hiroshi Naito, Geoff Harris, Martijn Huibers, Mark Armstrong, Peter Forrestier Smith, Jon Bowers, Martin Skrzetuszewski, Nick Beck, Blair Robinson, Ted Crawforth, Fred Bailey, Terry Cole, Robert Bird, Jon Elphick, Jan Kozminski, Caroline Collins, Duncan Bourne, Gary Smith, Nicholas Pryor, Chris White, Richard Green, Rob Faulkner, Avril Gaynor, John Jesson, Dave Clarke, Gavin Bennett and many other Bluebell members.
Like so much on the Bluebell Railway, this web site is provided at minimal cost to the Railway thanks to voluntary effort.

The search engine is advertising supported, provided by FreeFind.

Most Frequent Queries:

• Details of Fares
• Details of Opening times
• Details of Lineside Photographic Permits

© Copyright of all items is retained. Material on this web site may not be reproduced (or further distributed beyond normal web access) in any form without the express permission of the Bluebell Railway or other copyright owners as appropriate.

We are very pleased to have become only the ninth recipient of a Silver "Smokin' Website Award" from smokin.kvrr.net.

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The Bluebell Railway Web Site has been awarded a
TrainNet Web Gem Award

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This web site was one of the very first of
Link Rail UK's Recommended sites of the Month
in June 1999.

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This Web Site is a member of the Travelring.

	The Railway SiteRing Formerly "The Railway Webring" This site owned by The Bluebell Railway Preservation Society

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To the UK Heritage Railways Home Page,
To the Bluebell Web Sites' Entry Page, the Public / Visitors' web site, or the "What's New" page.
Timetable - Special Events - How to get to the Railway - Disabled Facilities - School Visits

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Visitor Info. - Museum - Trust - Catering - Contacts - What's New - Projects - Locos - Carriages & Wagons - Signals - History - Other - Links - Search - FAQ

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